Yolanda Zheng

Yolanda Zheng is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Amoy, China. As a Buddhist, she is searching for inner peace in this time which changes rapidly, also, she hopes to embrace the chaos, the energy, the feeling of being alive, and to share her positive attitude with people by expressing the light in her heart in her works.

Yolanda has been exposed to traditional Chinese fine arts since she was very young. She earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the Minzu University of China. Thanks to this period of learning, architectural elements often appear in her work. Yolanda’s works are not confined to flat forms, but usually, appear in three-dimensional form. During her master's studies, she was interested in brooch back forms and traditional hand crafts. Yolanda makes extensive use of hand metalwork, stone setting, and variations of brooch backs within her work.

Yolanda’s artwork has been shown in China, Romania, and the UK.

My works have mostly originated from personal experiences and feelings, especially experiences that bring us a sense of happiness. In this brutal world, people often lose themselves and their perception and experience of happiness are becoming less and less, so I hope to communicate with viewers about the meaning of life and happiness through my work.

Because of my interest in philosophy and psychology, I have done a lot of exploring and thinking about the meaning of life by reading masterpieces of philosophers and psychologists. In this grand universe, our lives are meaningless in general. I tend to believe that people can find and enjoy happiness in the moment. This led to research based on my own experiences of happiness, and also to record all these pleasant feelings and moments through my jewellery practice.

On artistic style, I esteem myself as a narrative jeweler, which means I prefer to use my personal experiences and feelings as a starting point. In my work, I hope to embrace the chaos, the energy, the feeling of being alive by capturing special moments and to share my positive attitude with people by expressing the light in my heart. I love to work with metal and gemstones to express my theme. Metal - a relatively strong material, underscores these narratives (pursuing happiness) as an ephemeral and eternal material.